# Aerospace Modeling and Simulation Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Dayton, OH
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

Leidos is seeking a motivated, detailed-oriented problem-solver to join our modeling and simulation team as an Aerospace Modeling and Simulation Engineer in Dayton, OH.

You will play a valuable part in developing and testing models of aerospace systems, including air-launched weapons, ballistic missile systems, avionics, hypersonic vehicles, and guidance, navigation, and controls across a wide range of projects and programs.

**Primary Responsibilities**

- Develop, integrate, and test models of aerospace systems based on provided information, research, and engineering principles.

- Document model performance against requirements.

- Document algorithm design.

- Work collaboratively with an engineering team comprised of internal and external team members.

- Interact with external stakeholders to define requirements and perform model demonstrations.

**Basic Qualifications**

- BS degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with 8 or more years, or a MS Degree in the same fields of study with 6 or more years. Will consider a PhD degree in the same fields of study, in lieu of additional years of experience.

- Experience with 3DOF/6DOF flight models.

- Experience in MATLAB/Simulink.

- Experience with system level requirements.

- Detailed understanding of the systems engineering process.

- Demonstrates solid understanding and intuition of the functionality and interdependency of aerospace systems.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail to communicate clearly with internal and external stakeholders.

- Organizational skills to document work and interface with team members to ensure flow of information.

- Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess a Top Secret Clearance and meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a TS/SCI Clearance.

- Candidate must be local to or willing to relocate to the Dayton, OH area.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience in C++ or Python.

- Experience integrating and testing GNC algorithms.

- Experience with ballistic missiles, air-launched missiles, or hypersonic vehicles.

The pay range for this job is $107,900.00 - $195,050.00.

## Skills

### Required
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- 3DOF/6DOF flight models
- MATLAB/Simulink
- system level requirements
- systems engineering process

### Nice to have
- C++
- Python
- GNC algorithms
- ballistic missiles
- air-launched missiles
- hypersonic vehicles

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